Four killed in Cambita
Four people were killed and three wounded during a shoot-out between the National Police and two assailants in the community of Cambita Garabito in the province of San Cristobal. According to reports by local eyewitnesses, the shooting started after the assailants held up a man, Sergio Vega at about 2:30 in the afternoon on Francisco Bono Street and stole his handgun. After the robbery, the motorcycle they were using did not start, forcing them to run towards the Banco de Reservas on La Trinitaria, where they were stopped by the bank’s security guards. Hoy newspaper reports that the first two people who were killed had been used as human shields by the assailants who then killed them when they tried to run away. In the midst of all of the confusion, the thieves pointed their weapons at motorcycle driver Guillermo Lorenzo, 22, getting on his motorcycle and began to flee. [...]
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